Ornament



March 21, 1944. J. LANGLEY 2,344,620

ORNAMENT Filed April 8, 1942 @IMLEZZ Iggy ATTDRN EYE Patented Mar. 21, 1944 ORNAMENT John E. Langley, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Mark V. Woolf, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application April 8, 1942, Serial No. 438,185

1 Claim.

My invention relates to ornaments in the nature of bows or the like which may be used as a decoration for shoes as well as other purposes, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved bow.

An object of my invention is to provide a bow comprising two similarly shaped pieces of leather or other goods of diiferent colors secured together with their finished sides outermost, with substantially half of the resulting single piece partially cut away to form a letter of the alphabet, such as a V, the remaining half being solid whereby the piece may be bent back upon itself at its mid portion so as to present the letter of the alphabet in one color against a solid background of another color.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my invention;

Figure 2 is a face view of the background side;

Figure 3 is a face view of the design-forming side in contrasting color;

Figure 4 is a side View illustrating the bow provided with a stand; and

Figure 5 is a rear view of the bow of Figure 4.

In the embodiment selected for illustration, I make use of a piece of leather or other suitable material l0, which is of generally diamond-shaped contour when viewed according to Figure 2. To one face of the piece I0 is secured a facing l2, as by stitching M, to provide a contrasting color.

The end l6 of the unit is in the nature of a tab insertable in a slot I 8 in the end 20 of the piece I0. In the instant case, the pieces Ill and I2 are cut out at 22 so that the converging legs 24 take the appearance of the letter V when the pieces are folded transversely along the mid portion of the assembly. Since the piece or facing I2 is of contrasting color with respect to the piece In, the design or letter will overlie a background of contrasting color to enhance the ornamental outline as well as the pictorial aspects of the bow.

While the drawing illustrates a bow or ornament in terms of the letter V, it is obvious that the bow may be designed to form other letters of the alphabet as well as other types of designs.

Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a wing 26 as having a flap 28 secured to the piece H] to constitute a stand for the bow or ornament, as when placed on display. The edges of the piece III are preferably turned back, as at 30 in Figure 3, to provide neat appearing edges. The portion 30 may be glued or stitched to the piece I0. Similarly the piece l0 and the facing 12 may be secured one to the other by gluing in lieu of the stitching l4.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

An ornamental device comprising an elongated body strip having a decreasing symmetrical longitudinal taper from a transverse portion medially of its ends to each end, one of said ends terminating in a tab and the opposite end terminating in a wider end portion provided with a transverse slit inwardly of its extreme end edge adapted to frictionally receive the tab end therein, a covering applied to one face of the body and extending from the tab end to a point short of the other end, that part of the body from the tab end to the medial portion being shaped in correspondence with a letter of the alphabet, said body being adapted for bending at the relatively wide transverse medial portion for disposal of the parts extending longitudinally therefrom in doubled over bow forming arrangement and insertion of the tab end into the slit.

JOHN E. LANGLEY. 

